Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1881 — Sparks of Science. [ARTICLE]

Sparks of Science.

in the United States foreeveril years post has been ekwtain fights are being tried in the Earnock colliery, near Hamilton, tar are said to give utisfaolMWljPt The average candle-power of New Yolk iHußainatiag as taken from the.lata statement -ol the sis Gas iP. Theaais iu the Paris Electric Exhl)le of givloug and x inches It k recommended to treat carbondeß and boils with pure carbolic hypodermically in aufdciertaqafintky tothoro«|dily saturate the swelling. 14 is asserted that qnperal oils are no»to At the RpyafUiaito In Blerlin 40,000 wax candles areltamaltoneousiy lighted by a single match. The wicks are prevfoaaiy eoanOcted bjr!*tbread spun igniting the end of which ol| the candles ore lighted simultaneously, and tnus the whole of the 70oIpkrtment8 are lighted at onoe. The Uttca Herald thinks smoke in the otmoophtas tea Teal ly good thing, and iu proof of Us assertion cites the smoking of hams meats to preserve them. Tme Witor of the Herald may need to be .kept sweet in this way, but meat people will prefer pure air, unoon laminated by the produots of factory chimneys.